to support administration of both the Social Science Research Council Predoctoral Grants and the Graduate Initiatives Grants Program for Mellon Mays graduate students

Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives and Predoctoral Research Grants

Arts and Culture

Higher Learning

Humanities in Place

Public Knowledge

Artists as Catalysts

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Beyond Incarceration

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Civic Engagement

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Evolving Higher Education

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Expanding Public Knowledge

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Monuments and Memory

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Multivocality

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Power of the Word

Five colorful neon signs hang on the wall with messages that include, "Freedom cannot wait," "Brown owned," and "America is for Dreamers."

Public Places‚ Public Stories

A group of Indigenous Maskoke people stand and sit in the wooden frame of a structure in a woods

Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora

In a vertical image, a black leather vest is adorned with colorful pins across the front of it. Embroidery on the vest reads: "Felícitas "La Prieta" Méndez" 

University Everywhere

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Mission

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History

Grantmaking areas

Grantmaking Areas

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People

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Financials

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News

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Events